Man survives nine months with pig kidney until receiving successful human transplant
El logro médico es un hito que acerca la posibilidad de usar órganos animales para trasplantarlos a personas
Tim Andrews received a pig kidney transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in January 2025. He lived with the kidney for 271 days without needing dialysis. Andrews was 66 years old at the time of the transplant and had required dialysis for two years prior due to failed kidneys. This transplant holds the record for the longest survival of a pig-to-human kidney transplant, lasting nine months.
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